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bluguy57 asked in Politics & GovernmentOther - Politics & Government · 1 decade ago

Why Do People Support The Pledge of Allegiance?

The pledge of allegiance was written by Francis Bellamy.

Francis Bellamy supported what he called "military socialism" which was a forerunner of "national socialism" and "fascism". The salute he had used in the pledge came to be used by Hitler. The salute was changed because of this but the pledge remains.

Most debate is over whether we should have "under god" in the pledge. People should really be complaining that we have the pledge at all.

We don't need fascist loyalty oaths to be free!

Update:

Of course if you just look at wikipedia it's not going to say everything.

http://rexcurry.net/pledgespeech.html

Update 2:

"In "the children of the States are marshaled and marching" Bellamy foreshadows his desire for government schools to be indoctrination centers for the "Industrial Army" (a Bellamy phrase) explicitly modeled on the military and described in the totalitarian socialist novel Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy, his cousin and cohort."

(Personally I think calling these people socialists is as absurd as calling fascists or nazis socialists but that is what they called themselves. The important point is that the pledge was written by a man who promoted totalitarianism)

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    I stopped pledging about thirty years ago, when I realized what went on in the name of that flag.

    Like most humans I believed that my country could do no wrong. One day I realized that ALL countries (which are composed of humans) can do wrong.

    I'm proud of my country for what it does right. I'm ashamed of my country for what it does wrong.

    Yes, humans do WRONG. Yes, humans are in government. Yes, GOVERNMENTS do wrong.

    These are the FACTS.

  • TruthSeeker818
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    You`re pledging allegiance to the Flag...the AMERICAN Flag, not the Nazi flag, not some form of gov`t flag be it communist, fascist etc, but the AMERICAN FLAG. Where is the problem with that?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bellamy

    He was a Christian Socialist, no mention of a military Socialist. And why not read his meaning behind the Pledge...the meaning doesnt seem fascist or socialist to me. Actually it makes a lot of sense for the time period he went through.

    EDIT: @ Ordinary World:

    Agreed, but I would believe the US has the greatest done good to done bad ratio. No other country contributes more towards humanitarian aid and relief than the US. Its like voting for any politician, you vote on the best of 2 evils. Niether one fo them have a squeaky clean record, you just have to vote for the person you feel will do the least harm/ damage.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    It brings pride to America. Stop complaining

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Will you stupid libs shut up already.

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